What’s Happening To the US Workforce?

8 February, 2010 (13:26) | Careers | By: Sandy

Woman Graduate

I recently came across a very interesting article by Richard S. Pearson, author of 5 Necessary Skills to Keep Your Career on Track.

As I began to read the article about stressed out workers in stagnant careers, I became intrigued at the logic of this writer’s thoughts. I looked up his profile and it appears that he has plenty of corporate experience to back up his thoughts.

Just a few interesting thoughts/statistics from his article:

•    Women are becoming the dominant gender in the US workforce.
•    The long running favored role of men in business has come to an end.
•    Recent surveys show that over half of US workers feel their careers have stagnated.
•    The state of the economy is causing stress, anxiety and depression for many workers.
•    Major dynamic shifts are upending the traditional corporate workplace.
•    Traditional men-dominated jobs in construction, manufacturing, IT, and financial services have taken the deepest cuts in this recession.
•    Women-dominated industries, such as health care and education, have actually been adding jobs.
•    Women are getting more college degrees than men by more than a 3 to 2 ratio.
•    Women’s salaries still lag at 80% of men’s.

It’s a shame even though women make up such a large segment of the workforce of our country, they still make less than men for doing the same jobs. I think it’s time for a change. What about you??

If you’d like to read more, you can check out the entire article for yourself.

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